Bulgarian presidential election, 2001

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Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 11 November 2001, with a second round on 18 November.[1] The result was a victory for Georgi Parvanov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, who won 54.0% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 41.8% in the first round and 55.1% in the second.[2]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Georgi ParvanovBulgarian Socialist Party1,032,66536.42,043,44354.1
Petar StoyanovUnion of Democratic Forces991,68034.91,731,67645.9
Bogomil BonevIndependent546,80119.3
Reneta IndzhovaMovement for Rights and Freedoms139,6804.9
George GanchevGeorge Ganchev's Bloc95,4813.4
Petar BeronUnion for Bulgaria31,3941.1
Invalid/blank votes12,5908,914
Total2,850,2911003,784,033100
Source: President of Bulgaria, Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p389
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